From bnakamura@uni-hamburg.de Tue Feb 20 14:51:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!bnakamura From: bnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb20.145101.8949@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:51:01 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Bill Nakamura *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From mito@mindspring.com Thu Feb 22 08:19:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!mito From: mito@mindspring.com (Marta Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb22.081901.2403@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 08:19:01 GMT References: <1996Feb20.145101.8949@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Feb20.145101.8949@uni-hamburg.de>, bnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Nakamura) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Marta Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From vpark@uu.net Sat Feb 24 11:18:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!vpark From: vpark@uu.net (Valeria Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb24.111801.5059@uu.net> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 11:18:01 GMT References: <1996Feb20.145101.8949@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Feb20.145101.8949@uni-hamburg.de>, bnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Nakamura) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Valeria Park Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."